The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-14 00:00:00

a WAR IN DENMARK. i; From the Times Special Correspondent.) :DANSIH HEAD QUARTERS, SONDERBURG, March 3. If 17 ; e may rely on the information that reaches ns frr ‘m Germany, the grand day appointed by the erns sins for a mighty effort against Dybbol is the litb . inst. They are now, agreeably to the same nut' aorities, working hard at their own trenches an , I erecting their batteries, making ready for a Ca nnonade which is to silence the fire of the Danish bi .ations. Eight days is a long time to wait, how er, for people who have been for nearly a month is daily expectation of an attack, and who have not fargotten that first the 20th, then the 26th of Feb raary had been with the same confidence named by those same German papers as the days that were to usher in the beginning of 'the end, and that both these days and others passed without one ounce of gunpowder being burnt, except in some of those outpost sldrmishes, in the wanton shooting of sentries be hind the bush, which may, perhaps, be among the inevitable evils of war, but which cer tainly do not further its objects or hasten its termi nation: With a view to avoid these deplorable encounters the Danes have drawn in their outpost considerably Within the woods of Stenterup and Boffel, and, espe cially on the south, have fallen back close almost to their line of fortification on the skirts of Dybbol hill. Towards the north, however, they still hold Dybbol-village, stretching up as far as Ragebol, Yesterday a large column of infantry, with two field-pieces, marched from the latter place upon the little wood which bears the name of Ragebol Skov, drove the Prussians from its cover, and established itself in the wood, with the determination to cut it down, an operation which has by this time been accomplished. The attack on the wood cost the Danes four men wounded and an officer. After levelling the wood with the ground the Danes will probably again fall back on the almost adjoining villages of Ragebol and Dybbol, having thus a clear ground before them all round their outposts. For people who are sent out to fight and who are debarred from fighting, nothing is more natural than to speculate upon the why and wherefore there should be no fighting. There are some of the Danish officers whom I see daily who have all this time been very sceptical as to their own royal Government on the one side, and those of Austria and Prussia on the other, ever being really in earnest about this outbreak of hostilities, to which the force of circum stances and the impatience of their subjects brought them. " There was a power in Germany and a power in Denmark," they think, " far greater than that of the rulers who sat at the helm of the public business. The Schleswig-Holstein question was a point of honour to be settled by a mortal duel be tween the two nationalities. The Germans looked upon the duchies as a rallying point for all their aspirations after unity, liberty, and aggrandise ment ; they sought in the vindication of claims grounded upon musty charters and pedantic quibbles a means of self-assertion and an op portunity for joint action. The Danes clung, if not to Holstein, at least to Schleswig, with the tenacity of despair, and thought that their very existence was wound up with the possession of the Eider frontier. The animosity of the dispute was not to be allayed by the moral authority or by the material strength of the respective Governments. The two nations were rushing to war with or with out the consent of their rulers. To avoid being dragged, these latter took, or pretended to take, the lead in the warlike movement. By placing them selves in the van of the German armies, Austria and Prussia snubbed the Bund, dumbfounded the national unions, and floored their Augustenburg idol. Denmark, on her own side, humoured the proud feelings of her brave people, assumed a lofty tone, and made a great show of her determination to nail her flag to the bastions of the Dannewerk; all this was mere make-believe. The Dannewerk was given up after three days' skirmishing, a luck less General was made the scapegoat, and now a new feint is made of a desperat3 defence of the ramparts of Dybbol and Fredericia. The Prus sians came up to those ramparts breathing fire and vengeance; yet a month goes by and the contend ing parties stand face to face, as if spell- bound, without exchanging one blow. It is a position of affairs that no one clearly understands ; upon which, therefore, every one deems himself authorized to put the very worst conclusion. It seems evident that there exists somewhere a disinclination to fight— nay, a determination not to fight. Such is by no means the disposition of the troops on either side ; for the Danes, for their own part, are burning to blot out any blemish which may cling to their fair escutcheon in consequence of their loss of the Dannewerk, and the Prussians are smarting under the bitter consciousness that the fight at the Dannewerk reflected no credit on their arms, and that they have their honour to retrieve. What stays the hands of the combatants in their own despite is the deliberate act of Berlin, Vienna, and Copen hagen, where wily statesmen, flattering themselves that their own turn has come, that they have re gained their ascendancy over those stormy factions which had almost shaken the reins from their hands, are now planning some compromise, patching up some arrangement, in which it may be possible for themselves, fur their people, and for the European Powers to acquiesce, and in the meanwhile have made up their minds that the mischief of war should go no further, and that the armistice which they dare not proclaim in words should, de facto, be observed on either side. I deemed it my duty to submit to you the gloomy and somewhat uncharitable surmises to which this prolonged suspension of hostilities gives rise, and which, truly, might engender a belief that the Schleswig-Holstein war was a sham from beginning to end. For my own part, as I think the key to the mystery is to be sought rather in the Cabinets of the interested parties than at the head-quarters of the belligerents, I shall express no opinion of my own on the subject, and shall limit my observations to the fact that if the strong lines at Dybbol are at at any time to become the ground for a decisive struggle, that struggle will be all the bloodier and more desperate the longer it is put off. I rode yesterday along the whole line of the ten bastions, spreading out like a fan on that triangular piece of ground of which the Sonderborg bridges are the apex. I had with me an English officer of high rank who has made the science of military engi neering the pursuits of a whole life and who came to inspect the works as an amateur, and the con clusion he came to after a careful survey was that the Dybbol line is one of immense strength; so strong, indeed, as he expressed himself, that "the Danes have only to shut the door and take the key along with them, sure that their bastions would take care of themselves by the sheer advantage of the ground." The activity of the Danes in adding strength to their stronghold exceeds all belief. Besides forts and bastions they have during these last few days erected a sufficient number of wooden barracks to enable two or more regiments to encamp outside the town, and right in the centre of the position at Dybbol Mill, and so to be ready on any emergency to support the regiments doing duty at the outposts. The same unwearied alacrity is shown by the Danes in the rearing of batteries a l o ng the Sound. There are no less than 11 already i n a fair condition of defence, from those at Sunder-1 bong Church and Slot, or castle, to those at the ex treme point at Arnkielsore. I visited most of th em to-day with the English officer above mentioned, an d we were for a long time especially inspecting which are going on a t R on h ave an d the works _ Skovfogedhus, or Forester's-hous e , th e t wo s p o t s where it is most likely the Germans m a y b e induced to try to throw a bridge across from th e o pp os ite shore at Sandbjerg and Storeskov. The probabi lities of their making such an attempt, and, what is of greater moment, of their carrying it to a success ful t erm i nat i on , see med to my intelligent military English friend very slight. The width of the Sound at the ab ove - name d narro west points is no less th an 800 alen, or about 1,60111 English feet, and the depth of water in mid-channel, where the current is very strong, is 72 feet, Before the Prussians could dream of throwing the bridge, they would have to silence all the batteries on the Danish side, and besides, all such gunboats as would not fail to attack them from the Northern entrance to the Sound at Arnkielsore. Unless they can by sheer superiority of their cannon obtain at least 12 hours' uninterrupted quiet, the work of throwing the bridge would be a very ar duous achievement. The shores on either side of the Sound, at this end, are very flat, and the bat teries of the Prussians would have t) be laid on low ground, offering no material advantage over those of their adversaries. Up to this time, I have been assured, nothing is heard or seen that may in any manner induce a belief that the Prussians are pre paring for an attack on this quarter. Their patrols are indeed to be seen daily in the woods of Sannbjerg and Storeskov, from the safe shelter of which they amuse themselves by constantly firing at the Danish pickets, and at the workmen busy in the construction of batteries. Their rifle balls have done no injury to the Danish soldiers as yet, and the latter have been instructed by their officers to take no heed of all that useless popping, and on no account to answer the enemy's fire. The cold blood and forbearance with which these good Danes submit to these orders, standing to be shot at without wincing, is truly admirable. March 4. General Gerlach, the newly appointedComman• der-fa-Chief, has to-day put forth his first order of the day, or proclamation, to the Danish army. Like the King's own act in the same style, published on the Bth of February, it seems carefully to avoid all allusion to the chance of any immediately approach. ing conflict. The general tells his soldiers that " his Majesty the King has trusted him with the command of the active army." He informs them that " having been in the midst of them for 50 years, he knows how far he can rely upon them, how sure he is that they will bravely follaw their leader. In the war of 1848-50 it never happened that any man under his command disgraced his banner or fell short of his duty ; he would now, as their old general, make himself fully answerable for them. They will be sure to show themselves true and brave Danes worthy of the confidence that King and nation place upon them. He will make their well-being the first object of all his cares. In return he demands their unbounded confidence. They will, with God's help, brave together all dangers for the sake of their King and Fatherland." The longer I live among these Danes the more strongly I feel inclined to award them the palm as the people, of all people on earth, among whom the simplicity of patriarchal morals is to be found associated with the most thorough refinement of civili3ed manners. We dined yesterday with a large party of officers, a score of them, at a large farm out of town, where most of them are quar tered. The farmer is the father of 12 daughters and three sons. Most of the girls (I may well say young ladies, of an age varying between nineteen and four) waited upon the company at table. At the head of the long and large board sat the farmer himself, his second wife, looking like a sister to her eldest step-daughters, and the said daughters' governess. The whole bevy of the maidens and women wore strict yet elegant mourning, in honour of the deceased King, and with utter disregard of the order of the present King, declaring the mourn ing period to be at an end. The neatness and taste of those sable garments, the dressing of the hair, all the gestures and movements of the fair Hebes, bore the marks of good taste and good breeding. The style was faultless. Some of the girls were tall, slender beauties; most of them had dark hair and light gray eyes ; they moved about with an elegance of deportment which kept the eyes of their military guests admiringly yet respectfully rivetted on them. Those girls, their mother and governess, are used to the solitude of their farm life ; they are not very ready with their tongue, and a deep scarlet mantles their cheeks whenever any of the company addresses them. Yet they go through their domestic and hospitable task with unerring tact and inborn grace. Were time allowed to break the ice, and to still the flutter of their maidenly emotions, they would prove themselves equal to sensible conversation on many topics. The books on their drawing room tables, the fine prints on ;he walls, the piano in the corner, and the exotics trained with care in the window. sill tell you that. Your French or English, in which they will not venture to answer you, are by no means unfamiliar to them. Their governess comes out of a first-rate Copenhagen Normal School, and is an accomplished linguist. Oue of my letters informed you that fears were entertained that the Austro-Prussians would dese crate the abode of the dead at Flensburg by remov ing the bronze lion which had been erected as a memorial on the grave of the Danish soldiers killed in the war of 1848-50, and buried in the cemetery of that town. The Danes here, stubbornly and to the very last, refuse to believe that their enemies could be capable of so mean and wanton an act of mere vandalism. The outrage has, however, been actually committed, and with the utmost aggravation of the offence by the manner of its perpetration. Some of the good citizens of Flensburg, aware of the evil intention of the Germans, sent a deputation to the civil com. missioner Zedlitz, hinting that, if the monument was an eyesore in the eyes of the Prussians, it would immediately be removed by themselves and placed somewhere out of sight. Their prayer, however, was not listened to; the unfortunate lion was hurled from its pedestal, it was dragged in the mud, broken up, and mutilated. Its head and tail were paraded triumphantly, as we are here assured, about the streets of Altona and Homburg. Surely all Europe may wish the Germans joy of their glorious trophies! The country is in a great measure free from snow, but the air is still raw, and we have not seen the sun for 10 days. The larks in the clouds, however, give us hope of forthcoming spring, DANISH HEADQUARTERS, SONDERBORG, March 4. Two Austrian regiments, a force of about 4,000 men, have been added to the 42,000 Prussians, who have been for the last four weeks confronting the little Danish army at Dybbol. The newly arrived troops have taken up their quarters at Sandbjerg. The Danes here are quite sure that their Prussian foes, mustering ae they did a force twice as large as their own, would never have had the pluck to face the heavy cannon of the Dybbol bastion unless their Austrian allies came to inspire them with a little of that dash and that spirit which distinguished them at Bustrup. The coming up of the Austrians, there fore, has been hailed here as the harbinger of that long-expected and long-protracted attack for which the Danes are praying so fervently ; and from some rumours of a great stir in the enemy's camp, which have been spread at headquarters this evening, the great event of the campaign may even be looked for to-morrow. We have, however, so often gone to bed with similar anticipations, and have so constantly awakened to disappointment in the morning, that I think we may sleep with an easy mind for this and for many a night to come. An attack upon the lines at Dybbol, if we consider the cares that have been taken to add to their naturally formidable strength, and the enormous forces which are now arrayed against them, would be so tremendous and so really epic an affair, as to deserve a prominent place in military annals. But I really question whether such a slaughter as it could not fail to occasion will be allowed to come to pass in our age. Already the best opportunities for action have been suffered to go by. The nights have been for the last week or two unusually dark, and the weather is gloomy and muggy enough even by day to allow a storming party to creep unobserved almost up to the cannon's mouth. The war, ever since we came here from the Dannewerk, has been a mere make-believe ; and it is impossible to resist the conviction that, while the belligerent parties affect to reject all proposals of an armistice, and wink at the useless effusion of blood at the outposts, the work of diplomacy is going on behind the scenes, and protocols are already preparing for signature. Bloodshed in driblets we have almost daily. The operation of relieving the pickets from duty hardly ever takes place without an exchange of rifle shots by way of mutual good-by. In some instances, however, the innate good humour of these Teutonic people gets the bett er o f the fell intent with which they watch each other's m ovements, and I am happy to nave it to record that yest erday Danes and Prus sians, instead of popping with their rifles, were ac tually pelting; each other with snow balls, with the hi g h g lee of schoolboys released from their task.. March 6. Those w h o would wish to oee even a commonplace example of what may be called the horrors of war should ride, as I did yesterday for the 20th time, through the solitude which was till a month ago the village of Dybbol. Dybbol, to judge of it from the appearance it bore even in deep winter, must have been a kind of Danish "Sweet Auburn." Two or three scores of thriving and substantial farm-houses, scattered on little more than an English square mile of the richest land, on the broad undulating skirts of a hill about 120 feet high, with glimpses of glittering sheets of water both on the Sound and on the Nybbol Norside, constitute a landscape of rural beauty not the less to be valued and cherished be cause it is the common boast of most of the localities of the eastern coast of this happy Cimbrian penin sula. The style of building even of the meanest peasant dwellings is a perfect marvel to the behol der. The people's love for a thatch, as the best shelter in their opinion both for winter and sum mer, their preference for high slanting roofs, quaint gables, vanes and chimney stacks, do not detract from the solidity of the masonry, from the neatness and elegance of the design of even the most unpre tending abode. There is no such thing as a hut or hovel in the whole land, not an ill-fitting or shat tered door, not one broken pane of glass in the small, low casements. Tidiness and comfort, most fasti dious cleanliness in barn, stable, and dairy, flower pots behind the window, and bird-cages hanging from the ceiling, all that can go towards making a mere house a home, was contrived here. The subduing influence of a severe climate seems to have a softening effect on man and beast. There is hardly a horse here but seems to be born thoroughly broken; you can scarcely fall in with a snarling dog, hardly with one that will bark even in fun. There is a friendliness, a good nature, a thorough sterling honesty which bind all living creatures, and reader them fair and considerate towards each other, happy and well pleased with each other. It is not a little to be said in favour of Denmark, that war can be waged here without marauders, camp followers, or other bad characters; without the price of a single article being enhanced by the sudden and exten sive demand. The closer I come into contact with it, the more intimate I become with it, the stronger grows my sympathy with this plain and unpre tending, but real and well grounded Danish civiliza tion: You meet hardly a man here but seems to be contented, and deserving to be so, and desirous, as far as in him lies, to contribute to yours and every body's contentment. Whatever may be said about the force of climate, however much I may myself feel inclined to ascribe to it, it is evident that much of this universal well-being must be owing to the discipline of wide-spread education, and good, pro vident, liberal government. No matter what Ham let may say of the Danes of his own time, it is a fact that I never have, in seven weeks, seen a single tipsy soldier in the Danish army. The public houses, or kros, in Alsen or Sundewitt, or fcr that matter in all Schleswig, are all set down in the map—a proof of the small extent to which they are allowed to flourish. Such of them as I have visited are a mere shelter for travellers, not a lounging place for loafers. The Danish beer is thin and wholesome, and their schnaps hardly fill the tiniest thimble-like glasses. The Danish boor is fond of home, and finds in the bosom of his read• ing family sufficient resources against the weariness of long winter evenings. The Lutheran religion, free from wrangling dissent, sits easy o❑ this earnest single-minded people ; each village forms but one one'congregation, one community, The Church is the bond of union ; the clergymen is the common father, teacher, and friend. A Prestegaard, or Priest's Court, is but a model farm ; the clergyman is but one small degree removed above the common hinds that constitute his flock. No doubt such in stitutions are the offspring of paternal despotism in olden times; but such results are not the less bliss ful for the present, no less compatible with th 3 exigencies of modern freedom and the tendencies of perpetual progress. And no trifling proof of the real happiness of these Danes lies in their very un consciousness of its inestimable value, in their readiness to take it for granted that they are no better off than other people, their willingneses to be lieve that their quiet enjoyment of existence is the common lot of all mortals, But I perceive that while thus tempted to give you an idyl about a living Danish village I was losing sight of my object, which was to write an elegy on a dead one. Dybbol was all I have been describing up to the Bth of February; but Dybbol is no more. The inhabitants have migrated en »iasse, I know nut whither. The door of every cottage is wide open ; the straw lies, a blackened litter, upon every threshold. Many of the houses are still standing, the thatch has in most instances escaped the fire that has wilfully or accidentally been set to it here and there. But the silence and desolation are the more eloquent from that very absence of dilapidation which tells of violent ruin or natural decay. The Danish soldiers have neither wantonly destroyed nor profaned the humbie dwt 1- Hags ; the Prussians, who were only for a few hours in possession of the place, have had no lei sure for much mischief ; but chill and squalor seem immediately to set in in the home from which man, its soul, has departed. A few minutes leisurely ride through the lanes and alleys of the dead village took me to the church, now, like mast ecclesias tical edifices in Alsen and Sandewitt, turned into barracks, and I stepped into the churchyard, where soldiers were busy digging rifle pits and rearing small trenches out of the very mounds under which the forefathers of the hamlet slept. Dybbol church is a large, strong edifice, and its churchyard has a commanding aspect; it answers the purposes of an excellent outwork to the Dybbol-hill bastions. It is sure to be a hotly contested spot, and the brave men that were turning the sod were, perhaps, only preparing the graves on which they might fall never to rise. I had no sooner set my foot on the dese crated " God's-acre " than an angry voice warned me that the Prussians were lurking about hardly 300 paces from the spot, and that no man could stand erect on the sward without being made a tar get to their cursed rifle balls. The scene outside the village is even sadder than in the thick of its habi tations. Not a tree is left standing; not a hedge, not a garden, not a field, has escaped the trampling hoofs, the deep cutting wheels, the wear and tear of ruthless, remorseless war. A short month of military occupation, even by friendly troops, has turned Dybbol into a wilderness; it will take many years of unbroken prosperity to restore it to its former bloom. So much for those who make a cock pit their residence, who choose their home on a battle-field ! Yesterday was election day for Denmark, and also for all of Schleswig that still remains to Denmark— i.e., for the island of Alsen. We have two electoral districts, or "circles," here—one consisting of the two boroughs of Nordborg and Sonderborg, having its hustings and polling-place at the Mansion-house i❑ the latter place; the other assembling all the country voters at Augustenburg. Placed as they are in all the throes of a war which is to decide their fate, busy with the accommodation of an army out numbering their population, turned out of house and home from anxiety for their own safety, the Alseners took, it must be avowed, no very strong interest in the choice of their representatives at the Copenhagen Rigsraad. About 60 or 70 electors met, al D. a.m., at the Sonderborg Town-hall. The Burgo• master of the city was presented by one of the citizens as a" fit and proper " gentleman to support the interests of the borough. An avocat Some• body was ushered in on the other side as a no less " highly -qualified" candidate. The two competitors belonged to the same political party and were ready to vote for each other. Both of them addressed the meeting—the office-holder in a few manly words, the man of law at intolerable length. A show of hands was then called, when all persons present, with the exception of four, stood up in favour of the Burgomaster. The advocate d'Jcared himself satisfied, and the victorious candidate was declared to be duly elected. At Augustenburg only one gentleman selected the people's suffrages, and got them without opposition. - - Persons who have been in the habit of paying weekly as borrowers of Sewing Machines will do well to apply at once and become members of Messrs. Watts and Co.'s Sewing Machine Clubs. By so doing they will not only save the m oney they now foolishly throw away, but at the same time secure to themselves the possession of one of the best and most celebrated sewing machines in the world. Every in formation given on application ; or by letter addressed, with a stamped envelope, to Messrs. Watts and Co., 12, Beaufort buildings, Strand, London, W.C., where mere rs are en rolled daily between 10 and 1 ; Saturdays, 10 and%. THE StlN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1804. The Convict Hall, The following communication from the Home office was received by the Mayor of Birmingham on Saturday : Whitehall, March 11. Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to acknowledge the receipt of the memorial from inhabitant s of Birmingham, transmitted by you on the 7th, on behalf of George Hall, a prisoner under sentence of death in -War wick gaol for the murder of his wife. Several other memorials have been received to the same effect. Among them is one from Mr. 'Wright and Messrs, Morgan, attorneys-at-law at Birmingham, entering in detail into the circumstances of the case, and accompanied by affidavits made by several persons, all of whom might have been examined on the trial as witnesses for the pri soner, in order to show the provocation under which the prisoner is alleged to have acted. This memorial, after expressing the hope that the facts of the case may be held to show that the existence of a form of provocation at least as strong as those provocations which by law reduce mur der to manslaughter, concludes by praying, on this ground, a commutation of the capital sentence. The learned Judge has also sent to the Secretary of State his notes of the trial. Sir George Grey has given the most careful and anxious consideration to all those docu ments. The case is one of very painful and distressing character, but the actual facts_appear to admit of no doubt or uncertainty. The prisoner, on Christmas Day last married a woman after an acquaintance of several years, but which is said to have been broken off for some time last spring. In conse quence of a dispute about another man she went home to her mother's house on the day of the marriage on the plea of illness, but she returned to her husband the next day, and remained with him until the 3d of January, when she finally left him, going back to her mother's house, :and continued there, though there is no reason to doubt that she associated occasionally with her paramour, On the 4th of January an altercation took place between the prisoner and his wife on his meeting her coming from the theatre with the other man. On the 12th the wife took out a summons against the prisoner for, as she alleged, threatening her, The summons was dismissed on the 14th. On the afternoon of the 16th the prisoner bought a brace of pistols, with powder and four bullets. On the evening of the same day, after being apparently on good terms with his wife at her mother's house, he induced her to go out of doors with him, and while they were out he shot her through the head with ono of the pistols. Whatever distress of mind the prisoner may have suf fered from his wife's misconduct, there can be no doubt from the evidence that the murder was deliberate and pre meditated. The act was not committed in any fit of excite ment immediately consequent on his wife's desertion of him or the discovery of her infidelity. A considerable interval had elapsed since she left him. Nothing appears to have occurred on the evening of the murder to inflame or exaspe rate him. No reasonable doubt can be entertained that he bought the pistols with the intention of taking away his wife's life, and that he took them with him and induced her to accompany him from her mother's house in order to carry this intention into effect. Sir George Grey feels that it would be of most dangerous consequence to society if such provocation as the prisoner received were held sufficient to exempt a man from the penalty attached by law to deliberate and premeditated murder, and therefore he regrets to be compelled to come to the conclusion that it would be inconsistent with his duty to recommend a commutation of the sentence.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, H. WADDINGTON'. The Mayor of Birmingham. O❑ Saturday the Rev. Canon Miller, RD., Mr. W. Morgan, and Mr.J. S. Wright (of Birmingham), came to London to see Sir George Grey, and after wards the two latter gentlemen went to Lincoln to see Mr. Justice Byles, the judge who tried the case, and we understand that yesterday Mr. J. S. Wright, accompanied by Mr. Fitzjames Stephens, the junior counsel engaged in the defence, came to London from Lincoln. At the same time Mr. Alfred F. Morgan came from Birmingham, accompanied by Mr. G. F. James and Mr. J. Ansell, solicitor, with further affidavits. Sir George Grey came to the determination yes terday that the final sentence of the law in this case should not be carried into effect, and has re spited the prisoner. BIRMINGHAM, Sunday Night. Sir George Grey has yielded. Hall is respited. It was nearly midnight when this was generally known here, and much satisfaction was manifested by the large numbers of persons assembled in the neighbourhood of the newspaper offices and the 147,',ectric Telegraph Company's offices. Naval and Military Intelligence. - +-- THE NAVY. MALTA, March B.—On Sunday last the Austrian screw frigate SchwarlzPnberg, 50, bearing the broad pendant of CommodoreTegetoff, accompanied by the gunboat Seehund, 4, Capt. Kronoweller, arrived from Corfu in two days and on the same day the screw frigate Conte Dandolo, 22. Capt. the Baron M, Steruick, came in from Algiers. A tele gram awaited the arrival of this squadron here, ordering it to Gibraltar, with directions to do that at sea which their brethren were doing ashore. This is understood to mean to capture any Danish ship of war or merchant vessel that might be fallen in with in the Mediterranean. It is said that the gunboat before reaching Malta captured in lonian waters, and sent in charge of a prize crew to Trieste, a Danish brig, coffee laden, from Rio Janeiro, bound to Con stantinople ; and lam also informed that the Conte Dandolo overhauled on the morning preceding her arrival, and nearly within gunshet of Malta, a Norwegian coal-laden vessel, the Medea, from Sunderland, which arrived here shortly afterwards. The object of the Austrian captain, it appears, was to inquire if the master had seen any Danish ships in the Mediterranean, to which he received the reply, " No, but if I had I would not have informed you." The master was at first very much alarmed, believing that war had broken out with Sweden, and that he was a prisoner. The squadron left on Monday for Gibraltar and the Baltic. The Dutch screw steam- frigate Prince Mandl z of the Nether lauds, 18, Capt. H. Kempes, entered port yesterday morning from Messina. She has come here for repairs, which, it is expected, will take a month to complete. The following movements among the ships belonging to Vice-Admiral Smart's fleet have been reported since the departure of the last mail :—The Royal Oak, 35, ironclad, Capt. F. A. Camp bell, quitted port on the sth inst. for Corfu, to embark War office stores for Malta, The Magicienne, 16, paddlewheel frigate, Capt. W. Armytage, loft for Corfu on the following day for the same purpose, Lady Hotham proceeding in her as passenger. The Gibraltar, 81, screw line-of battle ship, Capt. J. C. Prevost, was, on being relieved by the Resistance, ironclad, to return to Malta from the Piraeus, calling at Corfu for ordnance stores. The Liffey, 35, Capt. G. Parker, has also been ordered to return to Malta from Syria, on being relieved by the Phcebee, calling at Corfu for Ord nance stores. The Meanee, 60,Capt. G. Wodehouse, arrived last night from Corfu with a large quantity of War-office stores. She left Corfu on the sth, and is now unloading, preparatory to going up again on a like errand. The Fox, 2, screw storeship, Staff-Commander T. C. Pullen, arrived last night from Pembroke in 11 days, and will leave imme diately for Corfu. The Dromedary, 2, Master-Commander A. Brown, is on her way to Malta and Corfu, having left England on the 3d inst. The Cossack, 20, Capt. W. R. Reiland, was at Corfu on the sth, having returned from Zante. The Orlando, 46, Capt. G. G. Randolph, was also at Corfu at the same date. The Orontes, 2, screw troopship, Capt. W. H. Hire, left Corfu on the 6th with the 6th Re giment for Gibraltar and Bermuda. The Icarus, 11, Lieut.- Commander Boger, was seen off Paxo on the sth, for Corfu from Malta and Benghazi. The Pelican, 17, Commander Comber, left 111a1ta on the 7th inst. with supernumeraries for the East Indies. They were to be forwarded across the Isthmus of Suez, where the Pantaloon was waiting to re• ceive them. The Surprise, 4, Commander W. H. Whyte, is in attendance on the cable -ship Fanny Lambert, near Benghazi. It is reported in town that one of the broken ends of the c a bl e h as b een fi s hed up. The Hydra, 1, Com mander G. H. vir A.L i . lk INilnaseesne,ll,sturnrydetyhieng vessels, are to p u t to sea Firefly, 5, Lieut.-Comman derearly in April, to resume their surveying duties. The Caradoc, 2, Lieut.-Commander E. Wilkinson, which left on the 2d inst. for Constantinople with Sir Henry Bulwer, will, it is said, shortly return to Malta to be decked and to undergo some extensive repairs. The Turkish war steamer Kars, which came in on Thursday last from Constanti nople, and Candia, loft on the following day for Tripoli, The ironclad frigate Caledania, 35, 1,000 horse power, is being fitted for sea at tbo Nore with the utmost despatch, in order that she may be ready for the pennant by the Ist April. It is said that the officer selected by the Admiralty to command this Sire frigate is Capt. the Hon. G. D. Keane, now in command of the Royal Naval Barracks. Her Majesty's iron screw steam storeship Supply, Master Commander B aw d en , arr i ve d at Woolwich on Th urs d ay, and went alongsid e th e R o y a l Arsenal Pier to disch arge the guns and war s t ores returne d from the fortre ss at C orfu. late She left MasterCor o fu r h on erh the ;ajfetsetryn,soosnhiop Cossack, tai l i ng passagef Feb. 23. Mr. A rmstrong, to England, died on board, off Caps de Gatt, and was buried at sea. The following appointments and promotions have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. George D. Alorant, to the Blenheim; Lieut. Thomas W. Oliver, to the Colossus; Lieut. Lewis B. Solly, to the Dauntless; Lieut. Frank Rougemont, to the Bulldog ; James W. Ashton, master, to the Bulldog; Acting Sub -Lieut. Francis Ilteoxm. 1:111,yD, o t n o a t i h d e , Hector; Thom as Coghlan, surgeon, to the Research ; Dr. John Breakey, surgeon, to t h e Bulldog; A lex. A l~Donald, acting assist -surgeon, to the Research ; John Alockridge, assist.-surgeon, to the Boscawen ; James Parker, assist.- surgeon, to the Cambridge; Dr. E. L. Moss, acting assist.- surgeon, to the Bulldog; Victor E. J. B. Von Donop, midshipman, to the Black Prince ; Joshua C. Robinson, chief engineer, to the Indus, for the Zealous; Janes Goads, chief engineer, to tho Cumberland, for the Bombay; James Coope, chief engineer, to the Orlando ; George Glasson, chief engineer, to the Indus, for the Brisk; Christopher T. Francis and Owen H. Bentley, midshipmen, to the Re search; Thomas H. Simpkins, Edward S. Evans, Arthur Hutchinson, and Henry E. Walters, midshipmen, to the Gladiator. THE ARMY. In consequence of the treacherous nature of the soil on which the fortifications on the Isle of Grain, commanding the entrance to Chatham harbour, are being constructed, a very serious settling of the foundation of the largest battery has just taken place, which, it is feared, will necessitate the taking down and re• erection of a considerable portion of those already completed. In the other portions of the works no signs of weakness have yet appeared. It appears that the total amount of stock bought and transferred by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt on account of the fund for military savings banks, pursuant to the Act 8 and 9 Victoria, cap. 27, sec. 5, was as follows from Sept. 19, 1845, to Jan. 5, 1864: Consolidated 3 per Cents, £119,457 16s 3d ; Reduced 3 per Cents, £79,303 is 9d; and New 2 per Cents, £221,068 13s 7d, making an aggregate of £19,829 lOs 7d. The total stock sold by order of the Secretary of State for War in the same period was :—Consolidated 3 per Cents, £66,313 13s ; and New 3 per• Cents, £16,118 Os Bd, making an aggregate of £82,431 13s Bd. The total stock at the account of the fund for military saving -banks on Jan. 5, 1864, was therefore— Consolidated 3 per Cents, £53,144 3s 3d; Reduced 3 per Cents, £79,303 is 9d ; and New 3 per Cents, £204,950 lb I ld, making an aggregate of £327,397 16s lid. This no minal amount of stock was obtained by an actual definitive cash receipt from Sept. 19, 1845, to Jan. 5, 1864, of £303,721 98 9d. The freight ship Avon arrived at Spithead on Saturday from Ceylon, with the following officers and troops on board from various regiments :—Lieut. Macgregor, 50th Regiment, in military command; Lieut. Richmond, 50th Regiment ; Asaist.-Surg. Stewart, in medical charge ; 63 invalids, 9 time-expired men, 5 women, and 3 children. Three men and six children have died since the embarca tion of the troops at Ceylon on the 21st of November last. The troops will disembark this morning from the Avon under the supervision of Colonel E. Somerset, C. 8., the invalids being sent to the Royal Military Hospital at Netley, and the time-expired men to the depots of their respective regiments. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, -4- SATURDAY REVIEW.—The moment seems to have arrived when the country may fairly claim that the Government should state distinctiy what is its policy with regard to the quarrel between Germany and Denmark. Hitherte, great indulgence has been shown to the Government, and very rightly. The origin of the quarrel is obscure, the facts on which it rests are complicated and disputable, the sympathies of England are divided, and there is no certainty on which side the interests of England lie. Any Ministry, therefore, that set itself in such a business to maintain peace, and to preserve the national honour, would be sure of a fair amount of support. In difficult negotiations, much weight also is sure to be given to the claims of personal character and reputation. If we have got the ablest men we can get at the head of affairs, it seems natural to trust them with the management of a delicate and intricate matter. The strength of the present Government lies in the extreme difficulty of saying precisely what ought to have been or to be done at any one stage of this quarrel about the Duchies, and in the general conviction that, if Lord Palmerston and Lord Russell have made mistakes, Mr. Disraeli and Lord Malmesbury would have made twice as many. If there were not such a marked disparity in ability and reputation between the heads of the present Government and the heads of any Government that could be found to replace them, it is impossible to suppose that the House of ' Commons would have been so long-suffering, not to say meek, as it has been. But the present state of uncertainty cannot g 3 on much longer. The Ministry is beginning to trade on the reputation of its leaders, and on the unwillin e ness of Parliament and the country to quarrel with the Premier. It is adopting the very line which we have been taught by bitter experience to detest most thee roughly. It is sliding into a boundless Dead Sea of fruitless negociations, re li eve d by denunciations which it knows to he as safe as they are unheeded, and by menaces which frighten nobody. Beyond a certain point it is very undesirable that negocia lions should go on at our instance. It is not for England to run about for ever, like an old hen, cackling to the foreign chickens, and begging them not to do anything dangerous. If we cannot get listeners we can at least hold our tongues. Nor is it at all probable that these frantic adjurations to the combatants in the name of peace are likely to do much good. England as a calm, resolute Power can do much to promote peace—she has then got her navy at the back of her arguments; but England as a fussy, irresolute Power, is much more likely to stir up strife than to effect a reconciliation. Perhaps nothing has given the Germans so much pleasure in the whole business—not even the glory of a battalion of Prussians engaging in a fierce pro longed, and ultimately snccessful struggle with a couple of Danish sentries—as the discovery that England may be safely provoked to fume and blus ' ter, and write and argue in vain. '['he account of of their policy which Ministers give is some thing like this :—" We wish to keep out of the war, and to bring it to an end ; and we go on trying to effect this by talking to all the parties who, however remotely, are inte rested in the matter. Our own view is that the Treaty of 1852 should be upheld, but no one agrees with us who has any power of giving effect to an opinion. Nevertheless, our arguments appear to us unanswerable, and are constantly repeated. If this treaty—which France has declared impotent, and which has been completely set aside in, as we think, a most disgraceful manner by Austria and Prussia —is to have no further effect, we can form no notion what ought to replace it. We are not prepared to say that the Germans in the Duchies ought to have a:foreign Sovereign forced on them, and still less are we prepared to say that a foreign Sovereign ought not to be forced on the Germans in the Duchies. It appears to us much more iniquitous to kill Danes in Jutland than in Schleswig, and it would be in finitely worse still to kill them in Funen or Zealand, but we cannot see either that we ought or ought not to prevent this last stroke of wrong. At the same time, it is a great comfort to us to have the Channel Fleet in se handy a station as Plymouth, and to feel sure that, although we do not intend to employ it, yet, if w© did employ it, we should employ it effec tively." This is the Ministerial programme, and because some Peers, most of whom are, on ordinary occasions, very good friends of the Government, have hinted that there is something weak and in consecutive in it, the House of Lords has been soundly abused by the daily press, and all sorts of dreadful responsibilities have been heaped on its shoulders. If a Conservative Government had been in office, the same critics would have been the first to point out that Peers of good standing and inde pendent position are the very persons to whom the country ought to look when a warning has to be addressed to a Ministry that has so many claims on the regard and confidence of English men. Lord Harrowby, more especially, is exactly that sort of respectable, amiable, esteemed friend who can gently let his old associates see what others think of them ; and he would be a very bold man--unless indeed he were a young Whig, if there is :such a being—who would deny that the country has begun to dislike the endless purposeless flux of diplomatic talk, accompanied by allusions to the Channel Fleet. No amount of despatch writing will alter facts, and that Schles wig is in the hands of the Germans is a fact. The English Government must accept it, if it does not intend to reverse it by force of arms. But the re sistance of the Danes still continues, and they still hold a fragment of Schleswig. The English Go vernment may say that it will offer no opposition to the attempt of the Germans to dislodge the Danes from this corner of the Duchy. But, if so, nego tiations are obviously useless. France takes this line, and takes it consistently. For France does not object to see the Danes driven out of the Duchies ; and it only co ncerns F rance t o see h ow the Duchies, when once obtained by Germany, are disposed of by her. She may think it worth her while to demand a compensation if they are given to Prussia, but at present she can afford to sit still and not say anything. We have had our say, and had better end it, unless we are prepared to do more than France thinks it her interest or duty to do. Or, if we are prepared to draw a subtle distinction, and to say that although the Germans may attack the Danes by land, whin we cannot prevent, yet they shall not attack them by sea, which we can prevent, nothing would be so sure to prevent this sea attack as to announce openly that the Channel Fleet would be at once sent to the assistance of the Danes if an Austrian man-of-war has appeared in the Baltic. As it is, we shall some day hear that an Austrian man-of-war has appeared in the Baltic, and we shall scarcely know whether this is an in sult to England or not. We shall remember that Lord Russell threatened dim horrors if this were lone, but we can never be sure whether Lord Russo'' utters threats on his own account or in the name of England. EXAMINER.—Most people well acquainted with foreign politics express astonishment that the Danes, whilst showing a hostile and defiant lace to Prussia and to the Northern powers of Germany, should not have at least have conciliated and kept well with Austria and with the southern states of the German empire, who have really so little interest in the sovereignty and government of counties upon the Eider. All the small states in and about Germany have always had the same policy, never to quarrel with Austria and Prussia together, but by all means get one of them to defend it against the other. The army of Denmark did observe the rule in 1850. Austria came forward then, as she does now, rather to outrival and eclipse Prussia in the north, than to act as a true ally, and therefore, in the final settle ment, the Danish Government negotiated with, and made promises to, Austria almost exclusiv e ly. The se promises may have been ill judged and imprudent to make, but Ferdinand VII. made them, and the point ought to have been either to observe them, or in breaking them, to convince the Austrian Govern ment that it was impossible to avoid it. Had the Danish Government last summer been sufficiently cautious it might have perceived that Austria was engaged in absolutely courting the minor powers of Germany for some purpose, and that the Court of Vienna was likely to show itself ultra-German for the nonce. The Danish Government took no heed of this, and Mr. Hall went on chaffering as before, like another Mr. Seward, except that he had no doubt a patriotic sense of right and a good cause. But the important consequence was the complete alienation of Austria from Denmark. At the present moment to what power might Denmark most hope fully look for fair and moderate terms ? To Austria certainly. And yet it is with Austrian troops that the battles are fought which fill the Danes with exultation and pride, but which really are most hurtful to their cause. Had they sallied from Duppel and inflicted a severe defeat on the Prussians, every one would have ap plauded, but by the prolongation of the war in fierce encounters with the Austrians the Danes are rendering their question very hard to solve. It is true that they have not now, as they once had, the choice of their antagonist, and pity 'tie 'tis true.. The Danes fight while they can. Our hearts go with them, for they do what Englishmen would do in the like case. If there had been any strong im- , pulse of popular English feeling in the direction of a common action with the Danes, it would have found, we believe, leaders among the chiefs of either of the great English parties. But when this country goes to war, it is not a Ministry that draws the sword, it is a people ; and if the people do not find sufficient reason for the breaking of their peace, it must remain unbroken. The Danes still hope that the wrong they suffer may provoke a European struggle. Yet how is it to arise in a manner likely to diminish the pressure upon them ? If Napoleon interfere in favour of the German Diet it is plain that he must embrace the anti-Danish policy of the Diet. Russia, Prussia, and Austria seem to have renewed a kind of alliance. And England, hesitat ing at the first to interfere, is now less tempted to do so than ever, partly because the conquest of Slesvig is an accomplished fact, possible to have been prevented but very difficult to be undone— partly because any attempt to undo it by force might place England at the head of European coa lition against France—its old position—but with France at the head of a European coalition against herself. We must say, after looking over the re cently published volume of diplomacy, that its efforts seem to have been often wasted on vain work. There is a great deal of menace and objurgation employed towards the smaller court of Germany, which are deeply and passionately interested in the quarrel, and upon which, in consequence, our re monstrances fell idle. They excited ingenious evasions from Bismark, or rude retort from Beust, without having made any useful impressions upon :either. Had our endeavours been more constantly and adroitly directed towards the South, we cannot but think that Austria and Wurtemburg, and even Bavaria, might have been persuaded that they were not pursuing a wise or national policy in seeking to dismember Denmark. LONDON REVIEW.—There is no indisposition in any quarter at present to depreciate the splendid services of Sir Rowland Hill. But his recompense has as yet been altogether disproportioned to his labours and his genius. He gave many years of anxious and arduous toil to the inception and working out of the plan of the penny postage. The obstacles, both public and private, which he had to surmount were stupendous. At last the Mel bourne Government gave him a subordinate post in theTressury. The Derby Government sent him adrift altogether. He was afterwards placed in the Post office as Secretary to the Pcstmaster-General; but the vexations and obstacles against which he had to contend were by no means at an end. The full salarylof the office he has resigned is only £2,000, while the pension allowed to him by the superan nuation rules of the Civil Service will be something under £6OO a year ! Of course the rules which re gulate the civil servants were never meant to apply to cases like his. A world-wide stigma would attach to the nation which rewarded services so transcendent with a beggarly pension of £6OO a year. The only question, we trust, is whether the Legislature shall secure him by Act of Parliament his full salary of £2,000 a year, or whether, consi dering Sir Rowland Hill's age (69), and the shat tered and precarious state of his health, it would not be still better to vote him one lump sum, on a scale in some degree commensurate with his ser vices. Harrison received £20,000 from the House of Commons for his chronometer which determined the longitude. There is another precedent still more to the purpose in the Post-office itself. Par liament gave a pension of £3,000 a year for life to General Palmer, who originated the system of mail coaches, and it also voted him a special grant of £50,000. No friend of Sir Rowland Hill's need con tend that this was an extravagant reward fur a liniited yet important service. But the great postal revolu tion of which he was the author, his signal adminis trative skill and faculty for organisation, and his incessant labours for a quarter of a century, place him, as a public servant,.upon an infinitely higher pedestal than General Palmer, and he ought to be crowned with at least an equal recompence. We are glad to observe that the Postmaster-General, Lord Stanley of Alderley, in his place in the House of Lords on Tuesday, bore generous testimony to the unexampled benefits, commercial and social, con ferred upon his countrymen by Sir Rowland Hill. Lord Stanley of Alderley expressed his opinion that the establishment of the penny postal system was not only one of the greatest improvements of the present age, but had perhaps conferred more benefit upon mankind than any other invention. Birming ham has gracefully taken the lead in doing honour to Sir Rowland Hill, who spent his early life in that town. The men of Birmingham, in public meeting assembled, have determined to erect a statue to his honour, and are signing a petition to the House of Commons in favour of a fitting national grant. If Sir Rowland Hill were a member of some great aristocratic house, his "order" would be justly proud of him, and his family would receive from the State a substantial if not splendid reward. Let the British public remember that Sir Rowland Hill is a "man of the people ;" that the middle and lower classes have pre-eminently benefited by his genius ; and that it is their duty to strengthen the hands of the Government in voting a fitting gift from a great nation to one who has ennobled the name of Eng lishmen throughout the globe. SPECTATOR. —There is a little cloud in the horizon which thirsty Danes will watch with longing eyes, but as yet it is only a cloud. It almost seemed on Tuesday night as if Earl Russell, the man who could command the Channel fleet or under take an operation for the stone, were at last sated with humiliation ; but the fleet is in harbour still. England has only just reached the stage when, feeling her blood on fire, she begins screaming " I will net fight," in order to re-assure herself of her own pacific intentions. Her heart is growing very hot, and a look coining into her eyes which wrong-doers do not like; but the Northman blood is still in her veins, and that cannot thaw at once. The steps by which England nerves herself to begin work which, once begun, must be finished are trans acting themselves after their way ; the short ques tions in Parliament and the curt replies which tell the questioner less than silence, the desperate efforts at negotiation, the rapid interchange of views with an ally, the rumours of Cabinet dissensions, the sort of cheer sent forth from the Peers, half discore dant because it sounds like a premature word of command, the awakening attention of the people, all the ereakings with which the vast mass prepares itself for launching, are audible in the air. The last and most certain sign of action, the clear assertion of the Times that action is impossible, has already been heard, and the final resolve is evidently very near at hand. It is not taken, however, and while it waits the op pressors have for the moment their own way. Step after step has been taken this week towards the subjugation of Denmark, the final abandonment of the pretexts with which the war began. Holstein was occupied that King Christian might be com palled to keep his word, and the occupiers imme diately welcomed his rival. Schleswig was invaded that the Constitution might be abolished, and, before Denmark has refused to obey, the Imperial and Royal Commissioners have abolished the coinage of the Kings their Courts are daily pledging them selves to recognise —have actually made all Ger man coins legal tender throughout a non• German province. This, however, is a trifle. Without declaring war, without pleading any cause for hostility outside the Duchies, the two Powers have now passed into Jutland and com menced the Pleasing task of gutting an independent State. " Requisitions," says Mar shal Von Wrangel, " will be levied in Jutland," and so the free little Peninsula, where there is no poverty, and n o di scom f ort , an d men talk without fear of spies, and wr it e what they think fit, a n d dare smile at a su b a l tern w ithout being cut down for the atrocity, is to be ravaged that its invaders may be fed, a n d th at "Denmark may never again," says the Kreuz Zeitung, " be in a position to appear defiant of Germany," which, giving kings to all the world, has of course a right to rule it. That, how ever, is not all. Austria is anxious for nationalit i q y and her fleet manned with conscript Dalmatians t o 1W accordingly sent to the North Sea, in order to .' the Danes for venturing to think they have nation' ality too. Of course the Viennese Cabinet assu re° the world that its only intention is to protect Ger man commerce, but then it has all along affircle u that it was slaughtering Dines in order to pre serls the integrity and independence of Denmark° Despatches do not cost much, and the bombardme.h! of Copenhagen would tame that very " democratic, city, and may easily be described as a measure of pacification." ./E,op, after all, did 11 . 0 understand diplomacy; his wolf was content w ith an excuse for killing the lamb, and did not inval a new one for every separate bite; did not talk e• his victim's agnates as he enjoyed the liver, or clal te his expenses for killing as ho swallowed the kidnei fat. We are a little curious to see the next excus e to be invented by the men among us who think fel t of one ally is sufficient excuse for allowing Boogie!' to be suffocated. When Holstein was occupiedf they said, and justly, " That is a German ducbr what have we to do with that ?" When Schierl was invaded they alleged that the treaty of 1 85 was based upon tacit conditions, and, of court' England could never encourage weak persons to violating their engagements to the strong. If BO: sia violates all engagements that is a differeT affair, for ships will not sail to Warsaw, th ough they will to Venice. When Jutland was invade': first, that was declared to be " a strategic g eeee . sity," and now it is invaded again it is said to be : fair reprisal for the attack upon German cominerts It only remains to invent a decent excuse for t'!, i occupation of _ the islands, and then Liberals vi" exultingly exclaim, " The Danish question WI? ended, for Denmark has ceased to exist." We she!! be told that we exaggerate, but we are u nderstatin g the case. The limes actually printed on Friday', in its largest type, a letter from Sir F. Head, r ecocr mending England to assist Germany in forcing the conference on Denmark in order to secure person union : i. e., to help Germany to conquer and alines a Danish dependency. We do not know why W e . should protest, if the Radicals are in the righ'; Coercing Denmark would be the quickest a" cheapest mode of restoring peace, and that is O le only object of politics. Honour of course is nothing' or English soldiers would have been behind th e Dannewerke ; the balance of power is a delusioif or we should not leave two millions to fight forth , duty to an ally is satisfied by despatches, a nd og for the protection of the weak, that is matter P r theologians. If it be just to force Denmark into conference in which we intend to plunder her, Will is it not just to send ships and do the work with out all that clatter and writing ? COUNTRY MARKETS. -il• YORK—SATURDAY. There was a limited show of wheat at market to-de f and the sales were slow at former quotations. Wheat, red 37s to 40s 1 Oats.... Wite do .40s to 44s Bean .26s to 32s Peas s . • Malt, 58s to 60s per qr. ; rye, 30s per qr.; " fl -318 o S i to r t t o ' ‘42-A°4ll: Ba h rley to 30s per sack. LEICESTER—SATURDAY. l f There was a moderate show of wheat to-day, with fi attendance of the trade. Business flat ; prices as follolo —New white wheat, 42s to :45s ; red, 39s to 41s per stone. Old red, 38s to 42s per 36 stone. Barley, maltuTi, new, 32s to 36s per qr.; grinding, 27s to 28s; old 0 .4 , 5 25s to 28s; new oats, 2ls to 23s per 24 stone. - 13 e' . old, 40s to 42s per 38 stone ; flour, 26s to 32s per 20 btOliel GRANTHAM—SATURDAY. 04. 1 Old white wheat, 43 s t o 46 s ; re d, 38 s to 42s per new white, 42s to 465; red, 39s t 0.415. Malting barn, 33s to 36s per qr ; grinding, 28s to 30s ; oats, old, 2.7 265; new, 20s to 24s ; beans, 34s to 365; peas, sto 31w' NORWICH—SATURDAY. bo til There was a fair supply of wheat, and prices were Ae, the same as on this day se'nnight, with a firmer trio'to There was a dull demand for barley, which sold at ob ° late rates. 4 st White wheat. 44s to 47s 1 Red wheat 40s to do Malting barley ...35s to 37s 1 Chevalier barley 35s t 0 Distilling d 0...... 29s to 30s 1 Oats.. 24s tor Flour, 27s 6d to —s Od per sack from the miller NOTTINGHAM-SATURDAY. The supply of wheat today was about an average id The demand was slow, and late prices were realisedj fine sorts; other kinds rather cheaper. Barley in demand, and sales were made at prices rather lower Ole"; last week. Oats ware in slow demand. Beans very 4 11 4 / $O, —White wheat, from 42s to 47s ; red wheat, 40s W Barley—malting, 30s to 37s • grinding, 27s to 30s. p o old, at 24s to 30s Od; new, 19s to 255. Beans sold at to 42s per qr. ; new, 34s to 365. Flour, fine, 34s to 38s ; seconds, 29s to 32s per sack. DUBLIN—FuIDAY. A fair supply of grain to-day, and foreign wheat w better demand, at late prices. Irish grain very dull. 4 , s. d. s. d. s. Wheat, white.. 24 oto 26 6 Oatmeal Do., red 2l 6t024 0 B eans .. " °I O Do., new .... oto 0 Bert, . Barley Oats Do., black — oto 0 Indian corn .. 27 oto Foreign Mail Packet List. . ---__ MAILS DUE. • 2 0 ' Australia and Mauritius, via Southa m pt on .. Mar' 14 , via Marseilles .. Mar' , brazil and Cape Verds, by B r iti s h pac k e t . April, Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Man 0, China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Man i s, . via Marseilles ...Man Falkland Islands l s' Gibraltar, via Southampton Mar. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Mar' via Marseilles Mar. 0. India (Bombay), via Southampton Mar. /i• via Marseilles m a r : . g , Portuga 1.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton M a r. ii, via Marseilles Mar. 0, Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Mar' by U.S. packet ll' by Canadian packet Mo r ' 10. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife.. Mar' 11+ Bahamas, via New York' Nat. 0, Mexico • • • • Mar• 0 1 All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I gar. California. and British Columbia.. • [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills. Enjo1 0 ; 14i of Life. —W hen the blood is pure, it s circulation Perl! and the nerves in good order, we are well. These o re possess a marvellous power i n secur i ng t h ese grea t Old of health by purifying, r egu l a ti ng , an d s t rengt h en ing ' o f and solids. Hollow a y' s Pill s can b e con fid en tly TY mended to all person s su ff er i ng f rom disordered digest lo o t # , worried by nervous fancies or neuralgic pains. 11 161 00 rect acidity and heartb urn , di s p e l s i c k h ea d ac he, W. 14 the action of the li ver , an d ac t as a lt era ti ves and 64 aperients. Th e wea k an d d e li ca t e may t a k e than W' c , tle ‘ i fear. Holloway's Pills are eminently serviceable tog valids of irritabl e cons tit ut i ons , as th e y ra i se th e ac t/ :ti every organ to its n a tur a l stand ar d, an d u ni ve rsally v" cise a calming and sedative influence. h ot, [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Consumption, all nervous, sg liver, and stomach complaints, in every stage, are only OP gravated and accelerated by drugs of every descriptio n i, perfecay curable by Du Barry's health restoring Re!! Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases whia'r ,g, been considered hopele ss . W e quote a few.—Cure No. °"' s ol Miss Lange, 18 years of a g e , cure d a f ter the medical inell abandoned all hopes of her recovery from the last 0 0 0 1, pulmonary consumption, with fearful cough, expeoto r „teit exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspi ra ti ons, h ollow 0, emaciated to a skeleton. She is n ow , th an k G o d , a Pe',ll,,e healthy, blooming, fleshy girl.—N. Lange, Commiesayl Police. Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of r Surrey, of thirty years' diseas e d l ungs , spitting-of bloot l ' derangement, and partial deafness.—Cure, No. 47,1 21 . 410 9 Elizabeth Jacobs, of ext reme nervousness , Judie" gatherings, low spirits, and nervousfancies.—Car e ' r iolt 54,816. 'I he Rev. James T. Campbell, Fakenham, 14 _0 tr of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had 1 7. ffr, all medical reatment. In tins, 11b, 2s 9d ; 21b, 4s 6 .0 % . re,l 11s; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 40s. Barry du Barry and CJ., 4 Regent-street, London ; also Fortnum and Mason; t _ld0 0 :, grocers and chemists in every town of the United gl Births. istO DAWSON.—On the 9th inst., at Duppas-hill, Croy- 11°13 ' ill wife of Henry Dawson, Esq., of a son. a t P O HANBURY.—On the Bth inst., at Belmont Hous e ' Barnet, the wife of Charles A. Hanbury, 8 841 ~,, son. Da l*. MOLYNEUX.—On the 9th i ns t., a t L e i ns t er - s treet, Lady Molyneux, of a d aug ht er . pr A ei SHARP. — On the 9th inst,, at Denmark-hill, Mob Sharp, of a son. _ - - Marriages. 0 0, MARSHALL—.STEWART.—On th e Bth i ns t . , a t St•G o v 4 pt Hanover-square, Reginald Dykes Marshall, t iter Cookridge Hall, Leeds, to Mary Jane, eldest deug Rear-Admiral the Hon. Keith Stewart, C.B. 0 , ROLFE—HYDE.—On the 10th i ns t. , a t S t . S a viour pg. / dington, Thomas C. Rolf e , E sq ., o f P on d - p ark, C? A e Essex, to Elizabeth, y oungest d aug h ter o f the i t ' J. Hyde, Esq., M.R.C.S., of Warwick-roa d) hill, W. Deaths. BBIRCH.—OnT—On the Bth inst., the Rev. Georgo d° aged i 6, COCHRANE.—On the 24th Jan., accidentally a u ''" m, Die il- Lucknow, India, Rupert Inglis Cochrane, 13°61 C. 34th Regt. BUCKLAND.—On the Bth inst ., at W a I wor th l - 1 • Buckland, Esq., aged 84. CaP HAY. —On the 9th inst., at Newcastle-on -Ty ne ' d John Hay, late 9th Foot, aged 89. 0 813 HEBBERT.—On the 10th inst., at Bromley-0 01 °j°ll' e Helibert, Esq., aged 82. ° JOY.—On the 9th i ns t, at Maid s t one , Ann, w l d late Robert Joy, Esq., of Bren c hl e y, Kent, ag e , ,, KENTISH.—On the 9th inst., at Edgbaston, Ma r .' of the Rev. John Kentish, aged 90. V ag* MARSHALL.—On the 11th inst., suddenly, at '99 11. ed ttv' Beckenham, Kent, J ohn Marshall, Esq., ag f ho Ta TATTERSALL.—On the 9th inst., at Ealing, •'°"- sail, Esq., aged 75 • „_ 0 ' A D 14.0 11 nW, London : Prlc l and Prtqlefted by IVILLLA-51"'„ of No. 112, Strand, Printer, a t T UE Sort 01000 Strand, •An the Precinct of the Savoy, in th e Middlesex,--Monday, Marfa 14, 18f3$